Because she catches snakes that are longer than her!
She caught this beautiful black rat that was about 6 feet long. It has been some time since I have seen one this long. We used to catch them when I was a kid around my neighbors chicken coops and many of them were over 6 feet.This was our first snake catch this year. In a couple of weeks we are going to Lake Burton (North Georgia) and spend some nights catching Eastern Water Snakes and "Observing" copperheads along the banks. Lake Burton has a huge population of water snakes. Last year we caught 7 water snakes in less than a 50 yard section. And to our surprise, we witnessed a 3 foot water snake trying to swallow a rotting bream (pan fish). I swear I never would have thought that a wild snake would resort to eating carrion.We have a blast doing it as long as we avoid getting musked on. They are very fiesty and have got a plentiful amount of that musk to make someone miserable, yet its not enough for us to stop catching them.
This year we hope to see a rattlesnake. All the years I have spent hiking/camping in the North Ga mountains and I have never seen one.The locals claim to see them all the time. I have even explored rocky areas where I would have thought of them to thrive but yet have I to see one. Enough babbling...I just wanted to spread joy with our this years first wild catch.
